
How Orli maps to Ofsted and DfE guidance
What the guidance asks, area by area, and how Orli helps.
Child-centred, engaging sessions for primary schools, where pupils make their own Orli companion.
Eight weeks of Orli Schools for your school, plus a free creator kit. You just pay postage and packaging.
The classroom: A whole class. Orli Schools on the class board, and each child’s own Orli to hold.
The school gate: Arriving at school. A short reset for the start of the day.
The lunch hall and playground: Returning from lunch. Orli Bites take about five minutes.
The calm corner: Small groups and 1:1. For children who need a bit more, at their pace, with Orli kits.
The leader’s desk: Orli Intelligence, for leaders (sample data). Sessions completed, children recorded present and time spent.
The five places in the school are links. Use the left and right arrow keys to move between them.
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Practical tools for staff. Friendly companions for children. A clear view of needs for leaders.

Staff lead a five-minute Orli Bite or a short Adventure with one pupil, a small group or the class. Each activity helps pupils regulate: winding down, warming up or pausing to reflect.

Each pupil makes their own Orli and reflects in a scrapbook, by drawing or writing, so children who find words harder join in too. No prep and no worksheets: pupils lead, and what they make is theirs.

The baseline survey and the end-of-Adventure survey help you identify what pupils need. Teachers’ session reports add to the picture, so you can see where support will help most.
Empowered staff, with tools to support children. Engaged children, with practical ideas for wobbles, transitions and extra support.

Back from lunch and buzzing? Pupils grab their Orlis for a quick reset before the next lesson.

Having a wobble? One pupil talks it through with a trusted adult and their Orli, or a nurture group shares a story.

Starting school, moving school, exam worries: a familiar Orli helps big changes feel a little smaller.

What the guidance asks, area by area, and how Orli helps.
What staff and pupils have told us so far: their experiences, not measured changes in attainment or attendance.
We didn’t want something one-off. It needs to become part of our culture. Orli gave us the knowledge, the skills and most importantly the habit. Staff still use the language. Kids still reference their avatars. It’s a shift.
Rob Bell Headteacher, Consilium EvolveSessions bring children down faster than resolving incidents directly.
They’ll be like, oh, can we do an Orli lesson this afternoon? Can we do another one?
As a teacher, I’ve seen firsthand the positive impact Orli has on our students. Their mental health support services are truly exceptional, providing the care and guidance our students need to navigate the pressures of school life.
It has been a pleasure to work with Orli Health who have consistently shown commitment and responsiveness. They have a genuine desire to help people and succeed with their business.
97%1 of children said they feel more ready to learn
100%1 of participating pupils said they felt a stronger sense of belonging at school
91%1 of sessions rated effective by staff
75%1 of staff said Orli cut planning time and helped manage behaviour incidentsThis is self-report: answers people gave, not measured change, so it can’t show what caused a change.
¹ Orli Early Adopter Programme, May to July 2026. Staff and pupil self-report; how many answered each question is still being checked.

Pupils collected their own Orli at the start of each session and used it throughout. Children now use Orli’s language and strategies beyond the classroom: in the playground, at home and in everyday conversation.
Not proven yet: there’s no baseline or longitudinal data, and pupil feedback came from Years 1, 3 and 4 only.
Source: Gillas Lane Primary School case study, an internal report available on request.
Read the case studyYour eight weeks start when you order. No call needed, and the baseline survey is optional.
Bring Orli to your whole school and help shape Ready for Learning, Ready for Secondary. Your pupils and staff help design and evaluate support for Year 6 as they move up to secondary school.
Our evaluation partner is WhatWorked Education.
Co-creation is separate from the free trial, and starts with a call.
Eight weeks of Orli Schools, with a free creator kit for a small group or a whole class. You just cover postage and packaging.


An adult fills and ties each balloon.
A laptop and the class board, plus paper and pencils.
Contents are still being finalised.
Can’t see yours? Book a call (opens in a new tab) or email hello@orli.health.
Orli is made for primary schools. It’s a classroom tool for everyday feelings, used by staff with their pupils. It doesn’t diagnose or label children, and it doesn’t replace counselling, CAMHS or your safeguarding procedures.
Yes. When you set up a session, choose a group, named pupils or one child, and go at their pace.
Orli is used with small groups and one child as well as whole classes. Activities offer ways to join in without talking, writing or moving, and children can always watch or pass. It doesn’t replace specialist support.
Follow your school’s safeguarding policy and talk to your DSL, as you would at any other time. Orli doesn’t monitor what pupils share. More on safety and safeguarding.
Orli isn’t a new curriculum. It fits into the moments you already have, like after lunch, transitions, nurture groups and 1:1 time, and it doesn’t replace your SENCO or specialist services. Here’s a plain way to include Orli in your inclusion strategy.
It supports work you’re already doing on inclusion, behaviour and personal development. We’ve set out where it fits, in the guidance’s own words: how Orli maps to Ofsted and DfE guidance.
Our Sunderland programme, one school in detail and our research are on Evidence and impact, with who answered, how we asked and what each figure can’t show yet.
Eight weeks of Orli Schools, and a free creator kit for a small group of 5 pupils or a whole class of 30. You cover postage and packaging. We’re finalising exactly how digital access works during the trial, and we’ll confirm it when you order. The kit includes five printed scrapbooks, plus a printable scrapbook for the rest of the class. We’re confirming the rest of what’s in the kit.
The kit itself is free. The charge covers packing it and sending it to your school. We’re confirming the amount for each kit size and how you pay, and we’ll add both here.
Your eight weeks start when you order.
Yes. Staff can create a login and begin straight away, digitally. Children make their physical Orlis when the box arrives.
No. We encourage a call, but you don’t need one to order a kit for 5 or 30 pupils. Larger orders and research partnerships start with a call.
No specialist training. A short tour shows you round the first time you sign in, and a guide prompts you through every step of every session.
No. The baseline survey is optional, and you don’t need it before your first session.
Children don’t need their own devices. Bites and Adventures run from your laptop, with the story on the class board.
Orli Bites take about five minutes. Adventures are longer story sessions, and each one shows how long it takes before you start.
Preview any Adventure or Bite to check it suits your class before you run it.
Pause whenever you need to. An unfinished session waits in Sessions, so you can carry on another time.
Yes. Children can make and draw their own Orli with the free guide in Resources, or make a class Orli together on the board.
Staff add pupils by name and mark who’s here when they set up a session. Pupils’ names and your teaching notes stay on your laptop, never on the class board. We’re adding a plain-English summary of what the surveys and session reports record, and who can see them. Read how we protect data, or ask for our data protection documents.
One licence covers your whole school, with no per-staff or per-pupil seats. Ask us for a quote.
We’re still finalising this, and we’ll add it here. If you’d like to talk it through now, book a call (opens in a new tab).
They’re separate from the free trial. We’re inviting schools, trusts and local authorities to a research partnership with Orli and WhatWorked Education, to co-create, implement and evaluate Orli together. Each one starts with a call: book a research partnership call (opens in a new tab).